I agree, once you get closer to the "end game" you already have a grasp on most recipes. Having the recipes you know you craft less appearing first when you open the book would give it more uses for more experienced players. This can also have uses in future updates, where new recipes that you are just learning and have never crafted will appear first even if they use the same materials as other recipes.

personally when I feel drained but want to get back into MC I look up pictures of interesting buildings IRL. I find when I see a really good structure or landscape of some kind I get inspired to build, then I go about recreating or building something with a similar style. Atleast thats my system for playing straight vanilla, not really interested in mods cause I never run out of things to build.

at least we can place fences on top of each other, imagine we still needed to place a block underneath before stacking fences! but seriously I agree why cant jack o lanterns be free placed it would just be so much more convenient.

First and foremost before anything else the ability to have different colored beds. Something I personally want would be a pot/mug variant made using quartz, and the ability to make coffee with different buffs (made with cocoa, milk and sugar in a brewing stand perhaps?)